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is a matter of taste, one faction con
tending that a burnished nail looks'
vulgar and the other insisting thaMt
gives an air of being well groomed to
the hand. I belong to the latter , class.
Don't forget those eight glasses of
water a day if you wish to escape
enlarged knuckles with the advanc
ing years.
You can do hard work yes, even
wash dishes and other household
tasks and stili keep hands and arms
that might supply those the Venus
de Milo lost
Beauty must be bought and paid
for by an expenditure of thought and
continuous care, just as good health
or good nature will come to us only
if we want them badly enough to
work ceaselessly for them.
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SAYINGS OF RUSSIAN GENERALS
Gen. Beatitoff We Tiave met the
enemy and we are not discouraged.
Gen. Sprintski I propose to make
an orderly retreat along this line if it
takes all summer.
Gen. Hikeovitch Don't retire un
,til you can .see the whites of their
eyes. N
Gen. Hotfootski Up, guards, and
beat it!
Gen. Skippoff Beyond the Urals
lies Asia
Gen Gumshoeski There is Von
Hindenberg. We get away from him
today or Molly Gumshoeski will be a
widow. Puck. '
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PRUDISH PARENTS
There are certain stages in the life
of every boy and girl when the con
fidence and advice of the father and
mother may prove of inestimable
.value. If parents have not cultivated
a relationship with their children
which will enable them to discuss the
problems which budding man and
womanhood bring they have fallen
far short of doing their duty.
The evasions, lies and prudish at
titude of parents have been respon
sible for mistakes which have re
sulted in agony of soul and body for
innumerable growing boys and girls.
If you do not feel competent to
discuss these matters with your chil
dren in a manner which will give
them a thorough and full under
standing of the responsibilities and
functions of manhood and woman
hood, ifcjs better to admit it and ar
range to have your physician talk the
matter over with them fully.
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Russia's Caucasian army has
points in common with the famous
Foreign Legion of France. It is re
cruited from all nationalities and has
many warriors who have joined to
forget the world and to be forgotten.
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Turkey is the only country which
does not use the Red Cross to denote
its hospital corps. It is allowed to
use a red crescent in deference to
the religious scruples of its soldiers.
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HOW DAME FASHION LOVES TO SPREAD HER
SELF! NOW IT'S HOOP COATS
As the "flare" skirt takes on new
ripples the "flare" coats spread out
into veritable billows which suggest
that we may have the "hoop-coat"
as well as the hoop-skirt before the
season ends. Just to show you what
we are coming to in the way of
"flares" and such, I sketched this
tailored suit which Mme. Marguerite
Df the Fashion Art League of Amer
ica has designed for early winter
frear.
An extra ripple, you'll notice, falls
from the close fitting waist line, giv
ing extra fullness and the much-desired
"touch of originality" to the
coat; the "flare" is confined to the
sides, the front being prim and
straight-lined.
Punched-in steel silk forms the de
sign on the flaring cuffs and on the
coat, and the purple panne velvet
edges the points of the deep collar'
and faces the jcuffs. The circular
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